Yardies at Home and a Farrin (part16)

[dillon 6]

thats what i always wonder, even tho it will be WAYYY down the line.. i feel sorry for the kiddos.. i would hate to have a new home, new step mom, new skool, new COUNTRY and then have a hard time getting friends..

You forget that kids are forgiving and accepting at a young age -

When I was a camp counselor, we had two kids from Poland come to camp - they had been adopted by American relatives, and didn't speak a WORD of English - We had a counselor who spoke Polish, and she went around with them - By the end of the summer, they were TOTAL chatterboxes in English!

sus ur right, but then again.. kids also can be the cruelest ppl on Earth.. differences can be exciting or reasons for them to exclude u..

girl, they use me "jamaican booty scartcher"...then when I got to middle school, when I would walk down the halls they would sing "jamaican funk that's what it is"...by high school they tried to mess with me the first year, but that's when the other west indians and I had enough and stopped being nice. I got some baby powered, salt, some rubber snakes, a long black skirt (wore that on Tuesdays and Thrursdays) wore all white Monday, Wednesday and Friday and tied my head up with a long red head tie...those biacthes that threw clue in my long hair cause they were jealous, I would sprinkle salt and my friends and I would blow baby powder on them as they walked by me ...a few days later three of them fell at a football game and got hurt...they said I cause it...u know the ending of this...dem lef we alone fram dem -- some of the teachers were also afraid of us

lol ....all i can do is shake my head at you girl.

[StoneLove4Ever 0]

ok...i feel so popular now that i am on facebook.... ...but some of the people i am accepting i have no clue who are they....

[IrieCat 2]

Thanks Tre! I told his Mom to send his school records and I know he will be carrying his shot record. I wonder if he is going to have the same problem of being bored. I know he has been going to a Catholic School in Kingston and I know you went to one too. Wonder if he is going to flip out going to a public school now. Should be fun to watch. Did your parents ever ask if you could be moved up a grade?

Dillon, I was 2 grades ahead for my age, my parents wanted to do that, but the only way that could have been done was to put me in private school and they could not afford that in the states, so my brother and I dealt with it. I was very depressing, then to add, we couldn't eat the food and got hospitalized.

tre, was it easy for you to make friends?

It was easy for me to make friends...damn, I was Ms. International, but it was difficult for me to understand them...sometimes I still have problems understanding some Americans depends on where they're from.

That makes me think of Tierra when she went to school in St Lucia... she said "I like it mama but I can't understand anyone". Everyone would gush over T and one little girl said they were sisters. So she loved the attention but I am sure she had no clue as to what was going on half the time.

Hey Cat...how much longer until T comes home from her Dad's house. I guess my daughter wont be home until sometime next week...I was expecting her this weekend.

I just counted... 19 days! Man, I miss that little pain in my butt! LOL

We talked yesterday and she already has her dad's country accent! But she seems happy... she always sounds so grown up on the phone!!

Oh I miss her.....

[dillon 6]

I miss mine too but I always think she sounds younger on the phone! Maybe we should have a count down for you. At least you know when T is coming back. My Aunt is driving my daughter back and their plans keep changing. Make up your mind already!

[dancehallquana 5]

A word of warning here.....if you want to truly be private and secure, go to the settings and make ALL the setting tabs FRIENDS ONLY. Then you can control it.

I learned that the hard way.

You've mentioned this several times. I might have to go back to previous threads to get the full story. But that's good advice about Facebook. I know when I joined over 5 years ago, there was some default privacy setting that changed a few years ago. I went back & made very necessary adjustments... not that my online identity is really that secretive.

i know what u mean girl.. i opted out of c/s but lately i been rethinking that.. hmmm LOL

What is c/s?

All this talk about Facebook...Is it really that good...My hubby has one but he is hardly on it...he checks every so often because his sister is on it and they talk sometimes using that but i don't see how someone can get so wrapped up into it...IDK...i guess its because i don't have that many friends.... ...

I forgot; are you from the USA or Jamaica? If you're from the USA, I bet you have TONS of 'friends' on Facebook. You can search for people based on schools, jobs, common interests.. I'm friends with people from elementary school, high school, college, work, church, family, and various organizations I'm in (or was in).

Add yourself to the Yardies - You will have about 40 instant friends who will keep you laughing, lol

Very true!

oh ok.. thats cool.. whew.. girl w/ this TX heat..im surprised ya'll venture anywhere but in front ot that a/c.. im glad my kids went on vacay w/ their dad and now the summer camp has taken them somewhere every week.. i can't manage in this heat..

Picture when I got home from work, I was cold in my apartment. I thought to myself "This is weird. I don't even run the air conditioner and it's summer time in Houston!" Later that evening, I realized that when the apartment complex shampooed my carpet yesterday, they turned on the air!!! Watch my electricity bill double for that 5 hours of air.

c/s is child support.. j2 had mentioned she didn't get it..

no a/c??? THIS summer???? .. i have been ENDURING it while roger is here but that is one billl i don't try to control.. i gotta have my a/c when i want it.. and my heat

[NatPatBen 3]

sus ur right, but then again.. kids also can be the cruelest ppl on Earth.. differences can be exciting or reasons for them to exclude u..

I think that happens especially to kids who aren't used to diversity (of skin tone, of thought processes). When I can have children, we will definitely travel so that they can be exposed to a variety of people... that is, if we can afford to since Steven wants 8 children.

[IrieCat 2]

I miss mine too but I always think she sounds younger on the phone! Maybe we should have a count down for you. At least you know when T is coming back. My Aunt is driving my daughter back and their plans keep changing. Make up your mind already!

Oh If I had a countdown I may loose my mind!! :-) You know I really dont like those darn signs on the highway that say 10miles .... 8 miles... 5 miles... they drive me nuts! I don't own a watch cause I dont like to know what time it is... I am NUTS!!

[^KK^ 3]

sus ur right, but then again.. kids also can be the cruelest ppl on Earth.. differences can be exciting or reasons for them to exclude u..

I think that happens especially to kids who aren't used to diversity (of skin tone, of thought processes). When I can have children, we will definitely travel so that they can be exposed to a variety of people... that is, if we can afford to since Steven wants 8 children.

How cute...

[NatPatBen 3]

I got some baby powered, salt, some rubber snakes, a long black skirt (wore that on Tuesdays and Thrursdays) wore all white Monday, Wednesday and Friday and tied my head up with a long red head tie...those biacthes that threw clue in my long hair cause they were jealous, I would sprinkle salt and my friends and I would blow baby powder on them as they walked by me ...a few days later three of them fell at a football game and got hurt...they said I cause it...u know the ending of this...dem lef we alone fram dem -- some of the teachers were also afraid of us

Too much. When I went to school in Oklahoma, some people would ask if I did voodoo since I was from New Orleans. I figured I'd take advantage of that situation, so next time I went to New O, I bought a $1 voodoo doll from the French Market. At school, if someone was getting on my nerves I'd take a strand of their hair and bring out the voodoo doll. Worked every time.

ok...i feel so popular now that i am on facebook.... ...but some of the people i am accepting i have no clue who are they....

I have a spreadsheet that can help you... I'll send it to you on FB when I get home from work.

[phillyfashionista 8]

Now I have to catch up like 40 pages

Hey Quanna~

Nat any news on your case, I hope you get your interview letter soon!

HI Westmorelandlove ( Waving ) love the name that is my love too !

[NatPatBen 3]

sus ur right, but then again.. kids also can be the cruelest ppl on Earth.. differences can be exciting or reasons for them to exclude u..

I think that happens especially to kids who aren't used to diversity (of skin tone, of thought processes). When I can have children, we will definitely travel so that they can be exposed to a variety of people... that is, if we can afford to since Steven wants 8 children.

How cute...

Unless technology advances and men can carry babies, that will NOT happen.

[dancehallquana 5]

tre.. ya'll was the west indian mafia!! LMAO

stone.. YAYYYY! it is exciting when u accept and find new friends..

wus up philly my gyal!!

if i was RICH i would have 8 kids.. love them!

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

I always thought that they made fun of me and my friends because we were different and they were jealous of us...HATERS! When I would try and have them play shinehead at our school functions or some of the older reggae artist a riot would damn near start and I grew up in a culturally rich area...that's why I was friend with everyone I didn't give a damn where you came from or what you had and thank God for that backbone cause that has carried me all through my adult life and then some.

[StoneLove4Ever 0]

I got some baby powered, salt, some rubber snakes, a long black skirt (wore that on Tuesdays and Thrursdays) wore all white Monday, Wednesday and Friday and tied my head up with a long red head tie...those biacthes that threw clue in my long hair cause they were jealous, I would sprinkle salt and my friends and I would blow baby powder on them as they walked by me ...a few days later three of them fell at a football game and got hurt...they said I cause it...u know the ending of this...dem lef we alone fram dem -- some of the teachers were also afraid of us

Too much. When I went to school in Oklahoma, some people would ask if I did voodoo since I was from New Orleans. I figured I'd take advantage of that situation, so next time I went to New O, I bought a $1 voodoo doll from the French Market. At school, if someone was getting on my nerves I'd take a strand of their hair and bring out the voodoo doll. Worked every time.

ok...i feel so popular now that i am on facebook.... ...but some of the people i am accepting i have no clue who are they....

I have a spreadsheet that can help you... I'll send it to you on FB when I get home from work.

that would be great thanks....i'm going to add some pics tonight too if i can find any of myself...not really a pic person...

[IrieCat 2]

Speaking of mean kids.... One thing I have really tried to instill in Tierra is being kind and nice and thoughtful. I don't want her to be bullied but I darn sure dont want her to be the bully!

This past school year I had to contact the school because a little "girl" on the bus called her an a#$hole! I couldn't beleive it... 7 years old!! Said no one really liked Tierra, they just like her stuff... which I find amusing becuase we are one of the least "well off" families in this town... So I handled that one... the girl apologized

Then... this past Sunday I get home and see 7 messages on my answering machine. I look at the caller ID and see it was Tierra's little "friend" next door so I didnt listen to the messages cause she is always going on in jibberish... Then the phone rings. The girl is calling again and doesnt say anything, hangs up and does this again. I try to call back, no answer... call the house phone they wont let me speak to the mom. So I decide to listen to the messages... they (the little girl and a friend) are leaving messages calling Tierra a "2-faced loser", B$#%@, say they are going to beat her up etc... I was LIVID... took Louis and went to this womans house and she was outside on her cell, smoking cigarettes and obviously ignoring her children.... OH I JUST COULD NOT BELEIVE A 6 YEAR OLD WAS DOING THIS!!! I mean do we all teach our kids to be nice... or at least try!!?? I understand kids can be mean and argue with each other ... but this ####### came from a 6 year old little girl!!!

Needless to say this child is no longer a friend of Tierras! UGH.... I still get upset over it. The mom made her come over and apologize.